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Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1408
Death Date: 1483-04-04

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Plantagenet, Isabel ( - 1484)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 1st Viscount Bourchier

Titles

  • Count of Eu
    Assumed: 1420-05-28
    Vacated: 1483-04-04
  • 1st Viscount Bourchier
    Assumed: 1446-12-14
    Vacated: 1483-04-04
  • 14th Earl of Essex
    Assumed: 1461-16-30
    Vacated: 1483-04-04
  • 5th Baron Bourchier
    Assumed: 1433-07-01
    Vacated: 1483-04-04
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1452-04-22 (date installed)
    Vacated: 1483-04-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Master of the Hart Hounds, England 1431/2 -1 -28 Held jointly from 8 July 1478
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1436
JP, Essex 1437 1483
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1440
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1443
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1450
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1450 1451
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1451
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norfolk 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1451
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1451 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1452 1453
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1452 1553
King's Councillor, England 1454 -4 -15 1483 Appointed to council during Duke of York's Protectorate
Treasurer of England, England 1455 -5 -29 1456 -10 -5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1456
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1457 1459
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1458
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1458
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1458
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1460
Treasurer of England, England 1460 -7 -10 1462 -04 -14 Appointed to office after the Battle of Northampton; confirmed in office 18 March 1460/1
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1461 1483 -04 -4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1461
JP, Norfolk 1461 1482
JP, Suffolk 1461 1482
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: West Riding 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1462 1463
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1462
Master of the King's Hunt, in all Forests, Chases & Parks, South of Trent 1462 -11 -18 1483 -04 -4 For life
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1463
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1463
Steward of the Household, England 1463 1471
Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1464
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Hampshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1464
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1464
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1464
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1464
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1464
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1464
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1464
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1468
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1469
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1469
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, England 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1470
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1470
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1471 1483 -04 -4 Held office until death
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1471
JP, Kent 1471 1481
Treasurer of England, England 1471 -4 -22 1483 -04 -4
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1472
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1472
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1472
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1472
Keeper of the Great Seal, England 1473 -6 1473 -07 Acting Keeper during the illness of the Lord Chancellor
Commissioner of Musters, England 1475 Commissioner 'of all soldiers and others belonging to the King's ordnance'
JP, Surrey 1475
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1476
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477
Master of the Hart Hounds, England 1478 -7 -8 1483 -04 -4 For life; held office jointly with Thomas St Leger
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1479

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Northumberland
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Warwickshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Count of Eu's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Count of Eu's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Earl of Essex's Entertainers
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Bourchier's Minstrel/s
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Bourchier's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Lord Treasurer of England's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Bourchier's Minstrel/s Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Bourchier's Minstrels Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Count of Eu's Minstrel/s Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Count of Eu's Minstrel/s Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Essex's Entertainers Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Treasurer of England's Entertainers Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • Clark, Linda. 'The Benefits and Burdens of Office: Henry Bourgchier (1408--83), Viscount Bourgchier and Earl of Essex, and the Treasurership of the Exchequer.'. Gloucester: Sutton, 1990 Profit, Piety and the Professions in Later Medieval England 119--36.
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.